New Jersey 2005 - 2006 - Corporation for National and … · 2007. 2. 12. · New Jersey 2005 - 2006 Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 22, 2006 AmeriCorps:

New Jersey 2005 - 2006

Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 22, 2006

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 720 individuals the opportunity toprovide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, public safety and otherpressing needs in communities across New Jersey. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps grantfunding goes to the Governor-appointed New Jersey Commission on National Community Service,which in turn awards grants to nonprofit groups to respond to local needs. Most of the remainder of thegrant funding is distributed by the Corporation directly to multi-state and national organizations through acompetitive grants process. Other individuals will serve through AmeriCorps*VISTA, whose membershelp bring individuals and communities out of poverty by serving full-time to fight illiteracy, improvehealth services, create businesses and increase housing opportunities, and AmeriCorps*NCCC (NationalCivilian Community Corps), a 10-month, full time residential program for men and women between theages of 18 and 24. In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members earn an education award of upto $4,725 that can be used to pay for college or to pay back qualified student loans. Since 1994, morethan 7,500 New Jersey residents have qualified for Americorps Education Awards totaling more than$26,300,000.

Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges,and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 14,000 New Jersey students in communityservice linked to academic achievement and the development of civic skills. This type of learning, calledservice learning, improves communities while preparing young people for a lifetime of responsiblecitizenship. In addition to providing grants, Learn and Serve America serves as a resource on serviceand service-learning to teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups.

Meeting community needs in New Jersey. More than 24,000 people of all ages and backgrounds arehelping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 73 national service projectsacross New Jersey. Serving with national and local nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and other groups, thesecitizens tutor and mentor children, coordinate after-school programs, build homes, conduct neighborhood patrols, restorethe environment, respond to disasters, build nonprofit capacity and recruit and manage volunteers. This year, theCorporation for National and Community Service will commit more than $12,700,000 to support New Jerseycommunities through three national service initiatives:

Senior Corps: More than 9,100 seniors in New Jersey contribute their time and talents in one ofthree Senior Corps programs. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to more than 1,000 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 880 homeboundseniors and other adults maintain independence in their own homes. Retired and Senior VolunteerProgram (RSVP) volunteers conduct safety patrols for local police departments, participate inenvironmental projects, tutor and mentor youth, respond to natural disasters, and provide other servicesthrough more than 890 groups across New Jersey.

Together with the USA Freedom Corps, the Corporation for National and Community Service is working to build aculture of citizenship, service, and responsibility in America. To learn more about the Corporation or any of its programs,visit www.nationalservice.gov or call 202-606-5000 or TTY 202-565-2799.

New Jersey At a Glance


46 720 $4,182,680

AmeriCorps*State (Competitive)AmeriCorps*State (Formula)AmeriCorps*NationalAmeriCorps*VISTAAmeriCorps*NCCCEducation Awards Program (National)AmeriCorps*State Homeland Security

AmeriCorps2

1211

62

121

Program Sites

145 347 86 29

N/A 88 25

Participants $492,828 $2,674,233 $361,576 $387,803

N/A $18,240 $248,000

ProgramFunding

AmeriCorps Total

25 9,157 $4,577,025

Foster Grandparent ProgramHomeland Security Special Volunteer ProgramRetired and Senior Volunteer ProgramSenior Companion Program

Senior Corps 5 1

16 3

Projects

761 525 7,576 295

$2,220,681 $203,794 $1,485,067 $667,483

ProgramFunding

This figure represents the maximum potential value of AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be earned by AmeriCorps membersserving in New Jersey. The award can be used in any state to pay for college, graduate school, vocational training, or to pay backstudent loans. The education award total is included in total Corporation funding.

New Jersey is served by the AmeriCorps*NCCC campus located in Perry Point, Maryland. In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in Branchville and Fairfield,.

1

1

2

This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2005 - 2006 program year. For AmeriCorps*VISTAand the Education Awards Program, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps members in active service.

Participants

2 14,904 $918,756

K-12 School-BasedK-12 Community-BasedHigher Education

Learn and Serve America 1

1

Grantees 14,200

30 674

Participants

$546,252N/A

$372,504

ProgramFunding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 73 24,781 $10,160,834

21 1 2

24

$661,500 $1,034,539 $384,379 $137,025

N/A $215,460 $189,000 $2,621,903

3

2Education

Award

3

Disability OutreachProgram Development & Technical AssistanceState Commission Administration

Administrative Funds $41,904

$131,000 $309,469

N/A $482,373

ProgramFunding

$2,621,903

Total Corporation Funding (including AmeriCorps Education Awards) $12,782,737

Senior Corps Total

Administrative Funds Total

Subgrantees

Senior Corps in New Jersey


Atlantic

Atlantic

Bridgeton

Camden

Camden

Cape May Courthouse

Dover

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Ewing

Fairfield

Fairfield

Green Brook

Green Brook

Hackensack

Long Branch

New Brunswick

Primary City

Atlantic Human Resources, Inc. FosterGrandparent Program

Retired Senior Volunteer Program

Cumberland County RSVP

Lourdes Senior Companion Program

Our Lady of Lourdes FGP

RSVP of Cape May County

RSVP of Morris, Sussex & Warren

Foster Grandparent Program of CommunityAccess Unlimited

RSVP of Union County

RSVP of Mercer County

Passaic County RSVP

RSVP of Essex and Hudson Counties

NJ Foster Grandparent Program

New Jersey SCP (Statewide)

RSVP of Bergen County

Monmouth County RSVP

Middlesex County RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

Senior Companion Program


RSVP

RSVP


RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP



RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Program TypeNumber of Participants

225

550

383

115

105

425

900

57

400

465

695

662

304

70

241

401

476

Program NameSponsor Organization (if different)

Atlantic Human Resources, Inc

Atlantic Human Resources, Inc

Cumberland Co Chosen Freeholders

Our Lady of Lourdes Health Foundation

Our Lady of Lourdes Health Foundation

Cape May Bd of Chosen Freeholder

Northwest Nj Community Action Prgm

Community Access Unlimited

Community Access Unlimited

CONTACT of Mercer County, NJ, Inc.

American Red Cross of Metro Nj

American Red Cross of Metro Nj

Nj Dept of Human Services

Nj Dept of Human Services

Volunteer Center of Bergen County, Inc.

Family And Childrens Service

Salvation Army-Middlesex-New Brunswick

Senior Corps in New Jersey


Newark

Newark

Pemberton

Pennsauken

Princeton

Sewell

Somerville

Toms River

Primary City

The Salvation Army Foster Grandparent Program

The Salvation Army Senior Companion Program

Burlington County RSVP

RSVP of Camden County

Project Safe Community

RSVP of Gloucester County

RSVP of Somerset County

RSVP of Ocean County



RSVP

RSVP

Homeland Security SpecialVolunteer Prog

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Program TypeNumber of Participants

70

110

365

481

525

365

337

430

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 9,157

Program NameSponsor Organization (if different)

The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army

Burlington County College

Comm Planning And Advocacy Council

American Red Cross of Central NJ

Gloucester County College

Somerset Co Bd Chosen Freeholders

Ocean County Bd of Social Services

AmeriCorps in New Jersey


Boat People S.O.S., Camden, NJ

Boys & Girls Club of Clifton

Union County College

The College of New Jersey

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

Boys & Girls Club of Garfield

Bridgeway Community CRC

Boys & Girls Club of Hawthorne

International Institute of New Jersey

Jersey City Mission

New Jersey City University

Education Works

Education Works


New Brunswick Public Schools

Sponsor Organization (if different)

AIDS Coalition of Southern New Jersey

CLASS Navigators- NJ

Boys & Girls Club of Camden County

Boys & Girls Club of Clifton, Inc.

Bridging the Digital Divide

Cerebral Palsy Association of Middlesex County

AmeriCorps Bonner Leaders Program


Gateway National Recreation Area

Boys & Girls Club of Garfield, Inc.

Asset-Based Community Development

Boys & Girls Club of Hawthorne, Inc.

Bringing New Jersey Together


AMERICORPS- NJCU

EducationWorks, Inc.

National School and Community Corps

HomeFront

Morristown National Historical Park

Citizen Schools - New Brunswick

Program Name

8

2

7

1

30

18

70

1

12

1

1

3

30

1

45

3

10

8

1

7

# ofMembers

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

Education Awards Program


AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State




AmeriCorps*National


AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA


AmeriCorps*National

Program Type

Belmawr

Camden

Camden

Clifton

Cranford

Edison

Ewing

Ewing

Ft. Hancock

Garfield

Haledon

Hawthorne

Jersey City

Jersey City

Jersey City

Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville

Morristown

New Brunswick

Primary City



Public Interest Research Foundation of New Jersey

Gateway Maternal & Child Health Consortium

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

National Association of Service & ConservationCorps

Teach For America New Jersey

Teach for America New Jersey

Concerned Parents For Head Start

New Jersey After 3, Inc.

New Jersey Community Development Corporation

St. Paul's Community Development Corp.

Department of Law & Public Safety/Juvenile JusticeCommission

Jewish Renaissance Foundation


Apoyo Community Center



New Jersey Community Water Watch

CLEARCorps/Newark

Newark LISC AmeriCorps

Kids Corporation

Expanding the Impact of Teach For America - NewJersey

Growing and Leveraging Teach For America NewJersey's Impact

Concerned Parents for Head Start

N.J. Community Development Corp.

New Jersey Afterschool Service Learning

Community Leaders Program

St. Pauls CDC-AmeriCorps*State Program

St. Paul's Community Development Corporation

Community Planning & Advocacy Council

JJC AmeriCorps Junior Mentor Program

United We Stand

Princeton University Ecological Research Project


Middlesex County College

Program Name

25

10

8

25

36

115

2

3

24

20

28

5

8

20

27

1

1

25

# ofMembers

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National


AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State


AmeriCorps*National


Program Type

New Brunswick

Newark

Newark

Newark

Newark

Newark

Paterson

Paterson

Paterson

Paterson

Paterson

Paterson

Pennsauken

Perth Amboy

Perth Amboy

Princeton

Prospect Park

South Plainfield

Primary City



720Total Number of AmeriCorps Members

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection

NJ Office of the Public Defender

New Jersey Dept of Education

Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County

Rural Opportunities, Inc


Passionist Volunteers

NJ Watershed Ambassadors Program

Public Defender Community Assistance Program(CAP)

AmeriCorps State National Competitive

Union Club

Safe:New Jersey

Program Name

3

20

20

25

8

2

# ofMembers


AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State HomelandSecurity


AmeriCorps*National

Program Type

South River

Trenton

Trenton

Trenton

Union

Vineland

Notes:

Primary City

If there are programs with identical names in separate entries, they are different grants to the same organization. If no members areshown, either the grant is for planning or technical assistance, or enrollment data was not available at the time of printing.

Learn and Serve America in New Jersey


Primary City Sponsor OrganizationNumber ofParticipants Program Type

Basking Ridge

Bloomfield

Cranford

Cranford

Denville

Edison

Edison

Ewing

Flemington

Flemington

Franklinville

Haddon Heights

Hoboken

Hoboken

Lawrenceville

Linden

Linden

Little Ferry

Lumberton

Manahawkin

Milford

Princeton

Sewell

Somerville

South Belmar

Trenton

Somerset Hills YMCA

Bloomfield Public School District

Cranford Public Schools

Cranford Township School District

Morris County Vocational School District

Middlesex County College

Middlesex County College/Higher EducationConsortium for Youth Civic EngagementEwing Township School District

Hunterdon Central Regional High School

Hunterdon County Polytech Career Academy

Delsea Regional School District

Haddon Heights School District

Hoboken Charter School

Hoboken School District

Lawrence Township School District

Linden Public Schools

Linden School District

Little Ferry School District

Lumberton Township School District

Stafford Township School District

Holland Township School District

Princeton Regional School District

Gloucester County Vocational-Technical School District

Raritan Valley Community College

Academy Charter High School

New Jersey Department of Education

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

Higher Education

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

Notes:

30

924

318

900

46

129

1,416

500

100

1,600

1,739

327

13

1,000

136

N/A

416

245

700

171

3,269

100

545

280

14,904Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants

If no participants are shown, either the grant is for planning or technical assistance, or enrollment data was not available at thetime of printing, or the organization listed is the primary grantee and the participants are listed by its subgrantees.

Presidential Freedom Scholarships: Two students from the junior or senior class in each high school in the United States may receive a $1000 college scholarship for outstanding leadership in service to community. This is a matching scholarship: $500 is provided by a local organization such as the PTA or Kiwanis and $500 is provided by Learn and Serve America. Since 2000, more than 582 New Jersey students have received thesescholarships.

ContactsNew Jersey

New Jersey State Office44 South Clinton AveSuite 312Trenton, NJ 08609-1241

(609) 989-0474

Northeast Region - Perry Point MDP.O. Box 27Perry Point, MD 21902-0027

410-642-2411 x6264 410-642-1888

Linda V. Rivera

225 West State Street, 5th FloorP.O. Box 459Trenton, NJ 08625-0459

609-292-1834 [email protected]

CNCS Headquarters1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314Washington, DC 20005-3917

202-606-6834 [email protected]

225 West State Street, 5th FloorP.O. Box 459Trenton, NJ 08625-0459

(609) 633-9629 (609) 777-2939 [email protected]

Rowena Madden

Elson Nash

Gloria Sokolowski

Ken Bixler

NJ Learn and Serve America

New Jersey Commission on National Community Service

For more information about AmeriCorps and Community-based Learn and Serve programs, contact:

For more information about AmeriCorps*VISTA and Senior Corps programs, contact:

For more information about Learn and Serve America Higher Education programs, contact:

For more information about AmeriCorps*NCCC efforts, contact the regional campus:

For more information about Learn and Serve America School Based K-12 programs,contact:

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